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Maritime History --Ship Index ----Mount Charles --Surname Index |
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| NAME | OCCUPATION | RESIDENCE | SHARES |
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| Anthony Luke | Cooper | St. Austell | 8 |
| Richard Hicks | Butcher | Lanteglos | 4 |
| William Ratcliff Good | Mariner | Lanteglos | 8 |
| John Luke | Merchant | Plymouth | 8 |
| William Smith Kerswell | Ship Chandler | Plymouth | 4 |
| Richard Fouracres | Ropemaker | Plymouth | 4 |
| Plus 10 others |
| FROM | SAILED | TO | ARRIVED | SOURCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swansea | Bilbao | Jun 10 | LL Jun 19 col 6 | |
| Bilbao | Swansea | Jun 26 | LL Jun 29 col 3 | |
| Swansea | Havre | Jul 26 | LL Jul 20 col 8 | |
| Swansea | Rouen | Jul 19 | LL Jul 23 col 11 |
Aug 14th. William Gater? age 17, apprenticed for 4 years to Anthony Luke, ship Mount Charles 79 tons.
Nov 2nd. Thomas Pearse age 17, apprenticed for 4 years to Anthony Luke, ship Mount Charles 79 tons.
Fowey 7th Nov 1850 Master William Polglass.
| NAME | AGE | BORN | REG.TICKET | CAPACITY | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Polglass | Master | Cert. No.51882 | |||
| Joseph Orgen | 27 | Charlestown | 168992 | Mate | Cert. No.67897 |
| Richard Rowse | 20 | Guinall? | 173969 | Seaman | |
| James Cloke | 17 | Mevagissey | 186740 | Seaman | |
| Thomas Pearse | 168963 | Apprentice | Indentured 9th Nov 1850 at Fowey. |
| FROM | SAILED | TO | ARRIVED | SOURCE | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlestown | Llanelly | RCG Mar 11 | |||
| Charlestown | Runcorn | RCG May 20 | |||
| Newport | Charlestown | RCG Jul 1 | |||
| Penclawdd | Charlestown | RCG Sep 16 | |||
| Charlestown | Neath | RCG Dec 9 | |||
| Cardiff | Godrevy | Dec 15 | LL Dec 19 col 12 | Wrecked, see below |
Lloyd's List Dec 19th 1853 col 12:
St. Ives, 15th Dec. A schooner, belonging to Fowey, in passing through the Sound of Godrevy this afternoon, was seen to strike and go down; her crew were picked up and carried to Hayle.
Lloyd's List 1853 Dec 20th col 16:
Hayle 16th Dec.
The Mount Charles of Fowey, Polglase, from Cardiff to this port, struck on the Stones of Godrevy, about 5 miles E. of this place yesterday, and went down; crew saved, [See St. Ives paragraph in yesterday's List.]
Royal Cornwall Gazette Friday December 23, 1853, page 8:
HAYLE - Disaster at Sea -
We are sorry to record another sad shipwreck, but happily unattended with any loss of life. On Thursday the 15th inst, the schooner "Mount Charles", of Fowey, Capt. Polglase, struck on the Stones in St. Ives Bay at 2 a.m. On the above date the weather proved to be very hazy, and the master, not being acquainted with the bay, kept too near the dangerous ridge of rocks, which runs out a distance from the Gull Rocks 1 mile. It appears that the weather was favourable, and it seemed that the vessel would have a very beautiful passage, the wind at the time being E.S.E and nearly a calm. The vessel was bound to Hayle, and when within a gun shot of the shore, struck on the Stones, sank, and immediately went down. We are happy to say all the crew were saved. The above disaster will clearly prove to seafaring men what a great advantage a light-house on the Gullrock, or the Stones, would prove to mariners in case the wind should drive them ashore. Many a fine vessel and valuable cargo have been lost through want of a light being erected on those rocks.
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, Friday December 23, 1853, page 5:
The "Mount Charles", of Fowey, Capt. Polglase, a schooner of 119 tons register, from Cardiff for Hayle with coals, was lost about three o'clock in the morning of the 15th instant. She struck near Gwithian, Hayle, and went down in about half-an-hour afterwards. There was a heavy sea at the time, but the captain and crew saved themselves in the boat, landed at Hayle, and were sent on by the agent of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society. The owner of the schooner was Mr. Luke, of Charlestown.
Vessel stranded on the stones near Hayle as per Lloyd's List 20 Dec 1853
Vessel lost per annual list 1853.
[Endorsed on 1848 certificate]